Talk:Toad in the hole

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In medæval times meat was in short supply. Residents in some impoverished villages, particularly those in areas such as the Carrs regions around Selby, 
took to eating frogs and toads. They would often supplement the protein with a baked mixture of powdered grains to protect the delicate meat from the 
heat of the fire. Children and the poorer members of the community would be given the remnants of the baked grain coating and be required to extract 
the "toad from the hole"

In the many years that I have been researching medieval cooking, I have never come across anything that would remotely support this assertion. It reads like the worst kind of backderived urban myth - which is exactly what I believe it to be.

I'll try to track down the origin of this dish. As a guess I would place it in the 18th century, and it certainly doesn't have anything to do with cooking frogs.

--Doc halidai 00:01, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Eggy in basket" names

I removed following section from the article, as this is just a long list of alternative names for a dish "eggy in the basket", and "toad in the hole" is just one name among many others. A reference to the main article "eggy in the basket" should be enough. -- 84.190.188.93 14:05, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[1][2] This dish (egg on bread) is also called by quite a few other names: frog in the pond, bird's nest, birdie in a basket, eggs in a basket, eggs in frames, peek-a-boo eggs, holey toast, egg in a hole, bullseye toast, one-eyed jack, egg in a window, egg on a raft, man on a raft, paddy egg, castle'd egg, special egg, knothole egg, Popeye egg, Egyptian eyes, one eyed egyptian sandwich, goatse bread, gibbly's willies, eggy bread, hole-in-one, scout eggs (US Boy Scouts), "eggs with hats on top" recipe book and "eggy in the basket"; this last variation featured in V for Vendetta. It is recommended, when making the egg-and-bread variety of the Toad in the Hole, to use plenty of real, salted butter as Margarine will burn and can have an unpleasant smell.